rich 1.0 Kurt and Erin dig into the money games reshaping this year's primaries — outside cash from the RGA propping up Francesca Hong's Wisconsin bid, clean-energy dollars boosting Andy Ogles' opponent, and the real numbers behind who's really funding who since Citizens United (hint: it's not who you think). They break down tomorrow's Wisconsin and Minnesota primaries — Francesca Hong's socialist run for governor, Mike Lindell's Senate bid, and Michelle Tavoya's general-election strength — before naming their "reach race" picks for November (Michelle Tavoya in Minnesota, James Talarico in Texas). Then it's a deep dive on whether Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Thomas Massey could actually stand up a real third party, or whether it's just Republicans "beefin' with Trump." They close with Joe Scarborough's on-air demand that Democrats disavow Hasan Piker — and Erin's blunt line for anyone who still wants to share a stage with him. Topics Covered Outside money in primaries: the RGA's cash for Francesca Hong's opponent and the clean-energy dollars that hit Andy Ogles The real math since Citizens United — 70% of billionaire money has gone to Republicans, not Democrats Kurt's proposal to force disclaimers at the front of political ads, not the end Wisconsin's governor primary: Francesca Hong's socialist run and Tom Tiffany's "steady hand" strategy Minnesota's proxy fights: the Lieutenant Governor's socialist-adjacent primary and Mike Lindell's Senate bid Michelle Tavoya's crossover appeal and Kurt & Erin's "reach race" picks for November James Talarico's grassroots campaign in Texas and why Kurt's been on the bandwagon since before it was cool The plausibility (or not) of a real third party: Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Greene, and Thomas Massey Why third parties historically collapse once their singular figurehead is gone — Perot, Nader, and the "rent is too damn high" party New York's fusion voting model and what it means for third-party viability Joe Scarborough's on-air demand that Democrats disavow Hasan Piker Erin's "put up or shut up" challenge to Democrats who won't cut ties over Piker's 9/11 comments Preview: the South Carolina primary for Lindsey Graham's seat Party Lines with Kurt & Erin https://audioboom.com/channels/5169525-party-lines-with-kurt-erin Audioboom https://audioboom.com 480 95 https://audioboom.com/i/43587028/600x600/c 600 600 <iframe width="100%" height="95" src="https://embeds.audioboom.com/posts/8938052/embed?v=202301" style="background-color: transparent; display: block; padding: 0; width: 100%" frameborder="0" allowtransparency="allowtransparency" scrolling="no" title="Audioboom player" allow="autoplay" sandbox="allow-downloads allow-forms allow-popups allow-same-origin allow-scripts allow-storage-access-by-user-activation allow-top-navigation-by-user-activation"></iframe>